Apparatus for recording temperature



June 5, 1945."

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APPARATUS FOR RECORDING TEMPERATURE Filed Oct. 31, 1941 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Fig. 4

- INVENTORS Howard W Russell.

BY Charles F Lucks A ORNEYS June 5, 194 5 H..w. RUSSELL ET AL APPARATUS FOR RECORDING- TEMPERATURE 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 Filed Oct. 31, 1941 W r! l l m: J Q m2 y we 2&5 @2 M d 5 mm INVENTORS Howard W. Russell.

BY Charles E Lucks. W, l

TTORNEYS Patented June 5, 1945 1 2,377,376 I APPARATUS FOR ascoanme REISSUED TEMPERATURE Howard W. Russell and Charles F. Lucks, Columbus, Ohio, assig-nors, by mesne assignments, to

Anchor Hocking Glass Corporation, Lancaster, Ohio, a corporation of Delaware Application October 31, 1941, Serial No. 417,364

3 Claims.

Our invention relates to Apparatus for recording temperature. It has to do, more particularly, with the measurement and recording of temperature at intermittent intervals. It is particularly useful for the measurement and recording of the temperature of glass gobs as they are intermittently fed from the forehearth of a glass melting furnace to, a forming machine, al-

I though it is not limited thereto.

In the past, various methods have been used for measuring and recording the temperature of moving bodies intermittently spaced. With the prior art methods, various forms of apparatus have been used. In each prior art apparatus an auxiliary energy source, acting on the temperature-sensitive device or recorder of the apparatus, has been used in substitution for the eiTect obtained when the bodies are in the field of view of the temperature-sensitive device. All, of these prior art devices require that the auxiliary energy source be so adjusted that the effect caused by it is equal or nearly equal to the effect caused by exposure of the temperature-sensitive device to the bodies, the temperatures of which are being measured. In general, a change in the temperature of the body will cause an irregular record to be obtained until an equivalent adjustment is made in the auxiliary energy source.

One of the objects of our invention is to provide an apparatus for measuring and recording the temperature of objects at intermittent intervals so as to obtain a continuous temperature record without variations appearing on the record unless a change in temperature of the objects acwally takes place.

Another object of our invention is to provide a device which is useful for measuring and recording at intermittent in ervals the temperature of both stationary and moving bodies.

Another object of our invention is to provide a device of the type indicated which is particularly useful in the measurement and recording of the temperature of successive glass gobs dropping .intermittently from. a feeder orifice, so as to obtain a continuous temperature-record of the gobs without variations appearing on therecord unless a change in temperature of the successive gobs takes place.

Another object of our invention is to provide an apparatus for use in measuring and recording temperature in the manner indicated which re-' quires no auxiliary energy source to act as such on the temperature-sensitive device or recorder which must be adjusted so that the efiect caused by it is equal or nearly equal to the effect caused shown. The details of the apparatus will be deby exposure of the temperature-sensitive device to the bodies being measured.

, In the following description, as an example of v the application of our method, we have employed moving bodies intermittently spaced, the temperature of which it is desired to measure and record. However, it should be understood that it is also within the scope of our invention to measure and record the temperature of any body, moving or stationary, at intermittent intervals.

The preferred embodiment of our invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein similar charactersof reference designate corresponding parts and wherein:

Figure 1 isa schematic illustration of a system we may employ for obtaining a continuous temperature record of moving bodies intermittently spaced.

Figure 2 is a similar view but showing the bodies in different positions relative to the temperature-sensitive device.

Figure 3 is a diagrammatic view illustrating apparatus which may be employed for measuring and recording the temperature of glass gobs as they are dropped from the feeder.

Figure 4 is a view illustrating generally the various units of which our apparatus maybe constituted.

Figure 5 is a view similar to Figure 3 but illustrating another form of apparatus which we may employ.

With reference to the drawings, in Figures l. and 2, we have illustrated schematically a system which we provide for obtaining acontinuous temperature record of moving bodies intermittently spaced. As previously indicated, these moving bodies may be gobs of glass or any other bodies,

the temperature of which is tobe measured. in I these two figures, the bodies B are shown mov ing in the direction of the arrows. For the sake of clearness, in Figures 1 and 2 the apparatus s not shown in detail but the general-system 1S scribed subsequently with reference to Figures 3 and 4.

In Figures 1 and 2, the bodies A, B and C are shown'moving past a suitable temperature-sensitive device I of satisfactory, and preferably instantaneous, response. A recorder 2 of a suitable type is connected to the temperature-responsive device I by any suitable means indicated by the line 3. This recorder 2 is properly designed and calibrated for use with the temperature-sensitive device I. The connection 3 may be direct, as shown in Figures 1 and 2, or may inport l asvvgeve elude a suitable amplifier or converter or combination of both. A switch i of a suitable type is connected to the recorder 2. This switch includes two contact members 5 and 6 connected to the recorder 3 by means of wires 1 and 8. As will be described later, the switch l controls the operation of the recorder The contact 5 of the switch is moved by means of a li a 8 and a camoperated roller 95. 1 cam l i is provided for actuating the roller l8 and the linlr 9. This cam ll is carried by a suitable support i2 which is moved in synchronism with th movement of the bodies 3. The cam or a plurality of these cams, is adapted to close the switch each time a body B passes before the temperature-sensitive device i.

In Figure l, we have shown the body B in position to cover the whole field of action oi the temperature-sensitive device 5. this time, the cam has forced the contact '3 into contact with the contact 5. Closing of switch 6 in this manner permits the recorder 2 to move in response to the output of the temperature-sensitive device I and thus record the temperature of the B which is in the field where it produces its effect on the temperature-sensitive device 5. In Figure 2, we have shown the body '3 out of the field Where it acts on the tempcraters-sensitive device l. The output of the tempnature-sensitive device i has, consequently, decreased from the constant mash mum value when body covered its whole field of action to a value depending on the positions of bodies A and B with respect to the field or" action of the temperatuie s five device l. The output of the device 5 again reach a constant maximum value when the body A covers the whole field or" action thereof. "ii hen, as in Figure 2,

whole field of action or" the temperature-sensive device 1 is not covered by one or th bodies, the contacts 5 and i: of switch 3 will be open, due to the position ll, which will cause the recorder to re the position it last reached when body overed the whole field or" action of the temper tire-sensitive device l. As previously indicated, the operation of switch is synchronized with he movement of the bodies A, B and C so that t e contacts and El thereof are closed by cam attached to a. moving sup- 2 only when one of the bodies covers the whole field of action of the temperature-sensitive device l. At all other times, the contacts 5 and are open.

If during the time t 1e recorder is permitted to of the tem, erature-sensitive device 3, s t not elapse for 1e recorder to ove into position for recording the temperature 0; the body, it will do so after several bodies have passed the temperature-sensitive device i and th recording member thereof will attain and remain at the proper temperature point on the record. A change in the tempera ture of the bodies successively passing the temperature-sensitive device i will cause the recordins. member of the recorder to move 'to a point corresponding to the new temperature. Thus. by permitting the recorder '2 to be active only during the time the whole field of action of the temperature-sensitive device 8 is covered by a body, such as B. and maintaining the recorder in its previous position when the whole field of action of the device l is not covered. a continuous temperature record is obtained without variations appearing on the record unless there is a difference in the temperature. of successive bodies.

In some instances controlling the recorder mechanism 2 so that it responds only when the whole field of action of the temperature-sensitive device l is covered, may best be accomplished by reversing the action of the switch contacts 5 and 5. In fact, devices other than the switch may be used to accomplish the desired end without departing from the spirit of this invention. The method of controlling the response of the recorder mechanism may be accomplished in various ways depending upon the type of recorder used and what means it employs for bringing the recording member to position for recording temperature. One example, is the opening and closing of the balancing motor circuit of a recorder using such a motor for movement of the recording pen. Another example, is pen movement caused by the position of a galvanometer or millivoltmeter pointer, in which case a clamp actuated by means of a solenoid controlled by a switch, or an air bellows controlled by a piston, might be used. It should be clear, that although recorders only have been mentioned as the means oi translating the output of the temperaturesensitive device I to a temperature record, it is also within the scope of this invention to use devices such as those classed as temperature indicators, controllers, indicator controllers, and recorder controllers.

In the pro'duction of glassware by machine, molten glass from the melting tank flows into a heated feeder or spout. The flow oi glass from the "feeder to the machine may be controlled by a needle or plunger synchronized with the molding or forming machine. For each piece of ware, glas flows out of an orifice at the end of the feeder and at the proper time is sheared to a charge or gob of glass of predetermined size which drops into a mold on the forming machine. Normal rates of production require that the charge of glass or gob is started, formed and sheared in about one second. In order to measure and record the temperature of the gob, the temperature-sensitive device and recorder must have an effective response time which is much less than one second.

0f the radiant-energy sensitive devices now in use, certain types of pliotocells have the necessary response. Present recorders, such as the potentiometer and millivoltmeter types, will not attain a balance point in a period less than one second. If a recorder with a sufficient short time of response could be obtained in the art, it would, when connected to the proper temperature-sensitive device, sighted on glass gobs leaving the feeder orifice, yield an irregular record with only i the peaks of the record curve having value. The

reading of the record would thus be difilcult and confusing. However, the device which we provide can by our method produce a continuous temperature record of the gob temperature without variations appearing on the record unless there is a difierence in the temperature of successive gobs. In Figures 3 and 4, we have illustrated a method and device by which this result may be accomplished.

In Figure 3, we show a body B which may be a gob of glass that has just been formed and is passing through a suitable path to a mold on the glass-forming machine. At the desired location in this path it covers the whole field of view of the temperature-sensitive device I which, in this instance, is a radiant energy sensitive device such as a photoelectric cell. The field of view of the photoelectric cell- I is restricted by means of spaced diaphragms I3 and H having aligning openings i5 and i5, respectively. The anode l1 and the cathode l8 of the photoelectric cell l are connected by wires l8 and 28 respectively to an A. C. operated D. C. amplifier indicated generally by the numeral 2! directed to the dotted line which encloses the various parts thereof. The recorder 2 is connected to the amplifier 2| by means of lines 22 and 23. The lines I9, 28, 22 and 23 correspond to the'connecting means 3 of Figures 1 and 2 for connecting the temperature-sensitive device I to the recorder 2. Radiant energy from the gob B will pass through the openings l5 and N5 of diap'hragms 13 and I4 and will activate photoelectric cell I. The output from photoelectric cell I is amplified by the amplifier fl. The output from amplifier 2| is applied through the lines 22 and 23 to the recorder Z causing it to record the temperature of gob B. l

The elements of amplifier 24 are designed to give a constant output of sufiicient intensity to operate recorder 2. and are such that variations in the output of photoelectric cell i will cause corresponding changes in the output of the amplifier 2!. Any amplifier possessing these qualie ties may be substituted for the circuit shown in Figure 3 without departing from the spirit of this invention.' In fact, it may be preferable to use an A. C. amplifier or a D. (Li-A. C. converter and an A. C. amplifier. In some cases no ampliher may be required. i

The amplifier circuit shown in Figure 3 will resistor 2%. The line 29 is connected to a line in which is interposed two 75-volt voltage regulating tubes ilt and M and a ilvolt voltage regulating tube d2. Each of these tubes includes a cathode 3 and an anode 3d. The line 39 is also connected to resistors 35, do and N, which are connected to each other. The resistor t?! is connected by the line to the suppressor 3b of the tube The line fit is also connected to the line 23 leading to recorder 2. The line 22 is connected to a variable contact 33 which cooperates with resistors 3E and Line 22 is grounded as at it. The line Iii is also connected to the line 39 between the tubes ti and ti. Line it is provided with a resistor i190. The line 33 is connected to the line 39 at the point it. In the line 33 between the plate 32 of tube 2i and the point 5%, a load-resistor 52 is interposed. The line 33 is also connected at the point 53 to a line 54. This line 54 has interposed therein two l50-volt voltage-regulating tubes 55 and 56. Each of these tubes includes a cathode 51 and an anode 58. The line 54 is connected to alimiting resistor 59 which is connected to a voltage a supply resistor 60 which, in turn, is connected to another voltage supply resistor 6| that is connected to line 39. A variable contact 62 is associated with the resistor 60 and is connected by a line 63, which includes a grid resistor 64, to the line 28 at the point 65. Beyond the point 53 in the line 33 a limiting resistor 66 is incorporated. A line 61 connects the lines 33 and 54 at point! 88 and beyond the resistor 66 and tube 56 respectively. In this line 61 a filter condenser is incorporated. A line H leads The line 28 is connected to a grid 2% of from the line 61. A shunt line 12 is connected to line H at the point I3 and to line 33 at the point H. A second shunt line 15 is connected to line H at the point I6 and to line 33 at the point 11. Line 12 has a filter condenser 18 incorporated therein while line 15 has a filter condenser 19 incorporated therein. A filter choke is disposed in line 33 between the points 14 and 11. Beyond the point 11 the line 33 is connected at the point 84 to the filament circuit 82 which includes the filament 83 of a rectifying tube 84. The two plates 85 of this tube are connected in a plate circuit 86. Beyond the point 16, the line H is provided with a filter choke 81. The end or this line 'H is connected to the center tap 88 to the high-voltage secondary 89 of a power transformer. The secondary 89 is incorporated in the plate circuit 86. The filament circuit 52 of tube 8% includes a low-voltage secondary 8b of a power transformer. 3! and its running from filament 36 of tube 2? are connected to a low-voltage secondary Si or a power transformer. The secondary at is grounded at the center tap by a ground wire 92. The primary 93 of the power transformer is connected by lines 8 and 95 to a voltage regu-= lator 98. This voltage regulator 96 may be connected to lines 9? and 98 leading from a lit-A. C. current-supply. Poles 99 and ibii of a singlethrow double-pole switch are incorporated in the respective lines 95 and $5. The recorder 2 is connected by lines i and 8 to the switch, t, as previously described.

The operation of the amplifier is as follows:

With switch contacts 2-5 and open, that is, with photoelectric cell i disconnected from the amplifier 228, the grid bias potential applied to grid it of pentode is adjusted by sliding contact iifl'along resistor tiil so that the output of the amplifier it is suiiicient to operate recorder- 2. After this initial adjustment, contacts 2% and 25 are closed and the output of photoelectric cell i, acting through resistor 6t, controls the grid bias potential of grid 26. Variations in the potential of grid 26 cause variations in the outputof pentode M. The output of pentode 217 is made effective upon the recorder 2 through connections 22 and 23 ieading from the recorder 2 to the resistors 15, 86 and t? in the cathode I33 side of the output circuit of pentode 2i. Movable contact 48, connected to line 22, provides an additional selection for the amount of initial output and variations in output from amplifier 2i that is applied tothe recorder 2.

As previously indicated, the recorder 2 is connected by the wires 1 and t to the switch 5. As indicated in Figures 3 and 4, this switch may be actuated by the roller HI which is carried by a spring ml secured tothe housing of the switch 4. Movement of the roller in will cause movement of the link 9 which will cause the contacts 5 and 6 of the switch 4 to engage each other. This movement of the roller I0, as previously explained, may be caused by a cam H. This cam H may be supported on a movable support 12 which, for example, may be a rotating disk as shown in Figure 4. Rotation of this disk I2 will be timed with the intermittent feed of the glass gobs so that each time a gob covers the entire field of view of the photoelectric cell I, the circuit to the recorder 2 will be completed by switch 4 but at all other times the circuit will be broken. Thus, the recorder will only record temperatures while a body is in the field of view of the photoelectric cell I. Therefore,

The lines no variations will appear on the temperature record unless there is variation in temperature in the successive glass gobs. It is to be understood that any suitable temperature recorder now commonly in use may be employed. The recorder 2 shown in Figure 4 is provided with a pen $2. Movement of thi pen 02 may be controlled in any suitable manner such as by a balancing motor of a series split field wound type. This recorder is provided with a chart (D3 and it will be noted that the temperature indicating line lil l made by the pen Elli?- on the chart will normally be a straight line.

In Figure 5, we have illustrated e, modi cation operated switch r rendering the recorder oper ative, when the ob is in the of view of the photoelectric cell, we a 1 trolled switch which is actuated by the photoelectric cell when a gob moves into the field of view thereof. this figure, the parts corresponding to these shown in Figure 3 are designated with the same numeral having the suf- In this form of the apparatus the circuit, in the main, is like that of Figure 3. However, the line 33a leading from the plate Zl-Ed or tube Zld is. connected to the grid 5% of an amplifying tube 06. The filament Bill of this tube is con nected, bj a, line to the line and, by line 539, to the line 92a. cormected to the secondary 95a of the transformer. The plate 556 of tube lt i is connected by a line iii to a relay 2 l2 which is also connected to the line 29a. Line is provided with a resistor H3 and line 83a is provided with a condenser lid. The relay i522 operates switch do which is connected by lines lo and to the recorder to.

In the operation of this form of the apparatus, when a gob 3 moves into the field or view of photoelectric cell la, the plate current produced in the tube Z'ia. will be effective on the grid of the tube 583 in order to operate relay H2 and close switch 'la thus causing the recorder 2a to function. As soon as gob B moves out of the field of view of cell la, the relay will be deepergized, allowing the switch 40; to open and render recorder inoperative. Thus, the recorder will function only when a gob is in the field of View of the photoelectric cell la.

It will be apparent that with our apparatus, the temperature recorder will function only when each of the successive gobs is in position to cover the whole field or view of the photoelectric cell. This will result in a continuous temperature rec- Bin to IDBESUIE and record the ord of the gobs without variations appearing on the record unless a change in temperature of the successive gobs takes place. The apparatus requires no auxiliary energy source to act as such on the temperature-sensitive device or recorder which must, as in the prior art, be adjusted so that the efiect caused by it is equal or nearly equal to the effect caused by exposure of the temperature-sensitive device to the bodies being measured. Our apparatus is useful for measuring and recording temperature of spaced moving bodies, as described, but it m y also be employed oerature of any body, moving or stationary, at intermittent iniervals.

Various other advantages "Jill be apparent from he description, drawings the claim is:

pparatus for measuring and recording the temperature of gobs of glass fed intermittently from a glass feeder, compr sing a photoelectric cell disposed adjacent the path of travel of said gobs whereby the gobs will move successively into the field of view of the cell, a recorder of an electrically operated type, means for interconnecting said recorder and said photoelectric cell and including an amplifying circuit, and means timed with the travel of said gobs of glass whereby said recorder will be operative when the successive gobs move into the field djf view of the photc-- electric cell inoperative when said gobs move out of the field of view of said cell.

2. Apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said last-named means corcp--ses a circuit connected to said recorder, cazn coutrolled means timed with the travel of scirl -.ss gobs past said photoelectric cell for and breaking the circuit.

3. Apparatus for measuring and recording the temperature of obs of glass fed intermittently from a, glass feeder, comprising a photoelectric cell disposed adjacent the path of travel of said gobs whereby the gobs will move successively into the field of view of the cell, an electrically actuated recorder including a movable pen, a circuit associated with the recorder, and cam-controlled 

